Unwind

Our days are numbered in dark we pine

the ink we lay makes for great light

turns we take in word we create,

brighter are our days as we fight

the tendency to give up our dreams

and you, this is how it seems

to grow like the weeds that entangle our feet

bring us home at the end of the day

how long will we wander in the sweet

notion that we can control our destiny

raise your head, take a deep, deep breath

for we may never know more or less

What are you?  Who are you?

Do you know your mission in this old world?

Why do you ask and get stuck in frustration

When there is so much to enjoy in elation?

Cross your fingers, it is time to get on the boat.

Wave to those you leave behind

And let the clear light of day unwind.

Missing You

missing you when I awake in the morning

the moon is full on the solstice

how it shines in your placid eyes

I could swim in them forever

yet you are a world away

there is no solace for my aching heart

the water of the sea pitches and rolls

as my thoughts of you grow more remote

I heave a sigh and bow my head

to wonder if you’re even there

I can still bear up beneath the wonder

Morning and Mourning

screams in the night rise ever slowly

as the speed of bullets increase exponentially

bodies fall keeping time with the popping

over the music which stops

like lemurs dropping from the cliff

yet these are not designated sacrifices

the air is not purged of some offense

it is filled with the smell of blood

damned and dashed onto the stack of bodies

where is the gunman who chose this flock

the harsh, insane, unreasoning murderer

who has no story to tell and cannot say why

many lay flowers around the world

in honor of the dead, a gentle gesture

of love and support as the tears roll down their cheeks

we, as a country, cry at the loss of life

so many lives, so many innocent lives

and this is only the first day

but morning and mourning, is not good

Old Glory

Old Glory, they want to tread you into the dirt.

They want to pull you down from your perch

And call you names unfit for a nation.

Who are they?  The ones who slaughter your freedoms

By twisting and wringing them into something

We can no longer recognize

the ones who hide behind you

Because.  They.  Can.

And they don’t celebrate the wisdom

Of the Founding Fathers in expecting change,

Yet they want to change the intent of the law.

Darkness rears its head to stomp Old Glory in the dirt.

But there are guardians to protect it still.

Starshine

is there a full moon in the sky

do the stars truly twinkle to the naked eye

can you imagine getting past the milky way

the sombrero galaxy and millions of nebulae

our eyes only see so far, our minds fill in the blanks

we tell our young to have faith but that soon shrank

to the size of tiny, tiny quarks and electrons

right and left they buzz at the pons

where our ideas emerge and gift us with dreams

that this place where we live is more than it seems

where the moments of death from gun-wielding addicts

outnumber the days and the hours—the clock ticks

give me a reason to follow my heart

if only a moment passes, i’ve done my part

Reality

men and women break the glass

of the towers we have placed around us

they fall and fold one layer of earth

one atop another as our mother cries

because she is overrun with deceit

the whole of humanity takes and takes

the bloodshed of person against person

no one knows the honest truth anymore

no one feels the pain of our losses more

than those who listen to the news each night

suffering that effigy of humankind

not truth, not loyalty, no compassion

where do we go from here:  guns, road rage

set the world on fire

because we cannot bear our lives another day

where is our faith then?

where is our hope, our trust, reality?

Today

floating and seeing the Light around me

sparkling colors glitz in my vision

all the world lays out below me

my meditation the world unfolds

pastel hues over my head lift me

deep blues and greens below enchant me

I rise with the warmth of summer

and my dignity and hope stream forth

I seek no companion as I am one

with the greater spirit of the Universe

so high I fly with serenity and harmony

the voice of the Universe sings eternally

can you hear the breath of Light and Life?

are they the same thing or are they foreign?

I take it all into my heart and reside

in the immortal well-being of today